Hanging flower-basket



C. M. SQUIRES.

HANGING FLOWER BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I9, Isla.

Patented Nov. 1920,

CLARENCE ivi. seUiaEs, or COLUMBUS, onro.

HANGING- FLOWER-BASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented N ov. 2, 1920.

Application led September 19, 1918. Serial No. 254,817.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE M. SQUmEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hanging Flower-Bas` kets, of which the following is a specificaf tion.

This invention comprehends generally improveniente in that class of inventions known as trees, plants, and iiowers, and more particularly relates to a hanging flower basket.

It is the principal aim and object of the present invention to provide a device of the above mentioned character designed to be swingably suspended upon a porch or other support and constructed so as to accommodate growing plants.

More particularly the present invention consists in the provision of a device of the above mentioned character embodying a tub like body in which there is removably supported a tray for receiving the earth 'and growing plants the bottom of the tray being of reticulated material and spaced from the bottom ci" the body so that water may drain through the earth in the upper tray and fall into the body, improved means being inci-` dentally employed for draining the tub like body.

1t is a more specific object oi this invention to provide a device of the above mentioned character wherein improved means is employed for covering the body so that it will resemble willowware and to improve the construction of the body and the tray.

Among the other aims and objects o'f this invention may be recited the provision of a device of the character described with a view to compactness, and in which the number or' parts are few, the construction simple, the cost of production low and the eiiiciency high.

Other improvements and novel details in. the construction and arrangement oi the various parts of the apparatus will be brought out more in detail in the description to follow, which for a clear understanding of the invention should be considered in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and wherein is disclosed for the purpose of illustration a con-v venient and satisfactory embodiment of the invention. It is to be noted in this connection that minor changes in the construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the principle of operation of the various parts.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective detail of the tray removed.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of .the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanying drawings there is provided a tub like body 1 formed of suitable sheet metal being preferably of a rectangular con figuration comprising spaced sides 2 and a bottom 3 curved transversely, the bottom and the sides being preferably formed from a single sheet of metal while iitted within the sides and the bottom are the iianged edge portions 4i of the end pieces 5. The upper edges of the sides 2 and the end pieces 5 are curved outwardly to form supporting flanges 6 Vfor a purpose that will presently appear. A suitable covering is now employed for the body, in the prescntinstance consisting of willow sticks 7 or the like joined in vertical series by` binding wires 8. The covering is formed in three sections comprising a main section 9 which is secured about the outer surfaces of the sides and the bottom and end sections 10, suitable means of course such as pieces of wire 11 being employed for joining the adjacent edges of the sections 9 and 10 of the covering and when this vcovering is in position about the tub like body the device resembles Y a willowware basket.

A. substantially rectangular tray 12 is now employed and consists of spaced sides 13 and spaced end pieces 14C flanged as at 15 and joined with the sides. The lower edges of the sides and end pieces of the tra terminate in inturned ilanges 16 whic serve as a means for removably supporting the reticulated body 17 of the tray, in the present instance being formed of a mesh wire fabric. Outturned langes 18 project or continue from the upper edges of the sides and ends of the tray and when the losv tray is inserted within the body so that its sides and ends are arranged in close relation with the sidesand ends of the body, the anges 18 engage the flanges 6 and are supported by the latter so that the reticulated body 17 is maintained in spaced relation to the bottom of the body.

ln actual practice it has been found convenient to arrange a layerof stones 19 on the reticulated body to prevent the earth 20 from above from passing through the reticulated body 17 when the plants 21 in the earth are watered. yet these stones permit the passage of the water which also passes through the reticulated bottom and falls into the body.

In order to drain the water from the body the bottom 3 thereof is formed with an opening 22 and is also formed about the opening with a depending collar 23. A drain valve generally indicated by the numeral 24: is now employed and consists of a head 25 and a tubular stem 26 which is slidably and rotatably disposed through the collar and arranged in close relation therewith while the head is normally seated on the upper surface of the bottom 3 about the opening 22. rlhe stem is also formed with an opening 27 which when the handle 28 on the lower end of the stem is engaged and moved upwardly moves the opening above the plane of the upper surface of the bottom 3 so that the water may pass through the opening 27 and thence through the hollow stem. Vhen moved downwardly the head, of course, closes the opening 22.

Suitable means such as chains 29 are employed and have their respective ends connected to eyes 30 secured on opposite sides and near the respective ends of the body, the chains of course being trained and ei;- tended above the top of the device and carry rings 31 intermediate their ends which are designed for removable engagement with suitable fasteners such as hooks 32 adapted to be mounted in the ceiling of the porch or other support to assure of the swinging supporting of the basket.

It is believed in view of the foregoing description that a further detailed description of the operation of the invention is entirely unnecessary. Likewise it is believed that the advantages of the invention will be readily apparent. y

As many changes could be made inthe above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof it is intended `that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limited sense. It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claim is intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

What is claimed is:

A plant holder of` the kind described comprising a tray having a reticulated bottom and formed at its upper edges with outturned flanges, a tub in which the tray is supported, thev tub comprising spaced sides and a curved bottom portion formed integral with the sides, the upper edges of the sides being formed with outturned iianges and end pieces shaped to conform to the cross sectional outline of the combined bottom and sides, the end pieces being formed with inturned flanges to which the sides and bottom connect and formed at their upper edge with outturned anges, the flanges of the tray resting on the flanges of the sides and ends of the tub, to support the tray with its bottom spaced from the bottom of the tub, and a drain cock carried in the bottom of the tub.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signature.

CLARENCE M. SQUIRES. 

